The heart of judgment
Subtitle: practical wisdom, neuroscience, and narrative
By: Leslie Paul Thiele.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Judgment.; Wisdom.; Experience.; Subconsciousness.; Affect (Psychology); Narration (Rhetoric); Neurosciences.
Description: "In The Heart of Judgment, Leslie Paul Thiele explores the historical significance and present-day relevance of practical wisdom. Though primarily a work in moral and political philosophy, the book relies extensively on the latest research in cognitive neuroscience to confirm and extend its original insights. While giving credit to the roles played by reason and deliberation in the exercise of judgment, Thiele underscores the central importance of intuition, emotion, and worldly experience. In turn, he argues that narrative constitutes a form of ersatz experience, and as such is crucial to the development of the faculty of judgment."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: An intellectual history of judgment; title: The indispensability of experience; title: The power of the unconscious; title: The imperative of affect; title: The riches of narrative; title: Conclusion.